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Demand high for buying schemes but insufficient stock available in the current market
Research by the Gradual Homeownership provider, Wayhome, reveals that while Help to Buy may have closed its doors to the nation’s homebuyers, demand…
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Do mortgage comparison sites have a role in advice? – Brokers and advisers share their views
Free PR platform, Newspage, asked brokers what they think of mortgage comparison sites. Some believe they have a role, others believe they…
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The ECB Hikes Rates Amid Financial Market Volatility
By Konstantin Veit, Portfolio Manager at PIMCO The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its deposit facility rate by another 50 basis points…
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Putting current mortgage rates in perspective – IMLA’s Kate Davies reassures advisers with her detailed analysis of today’s challenging mortgage market
Successive base rate rises and the highest inflation rates in almost 40 years have caused consumer concern about the affordability of mortgage…
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Credit Suisse remains too big to fail despite recent events
By Frédérique Carrier, Head of Investment Strategy for RBC Wealth Management in the British Isles Still reeling from the SVB collapse, European banks…
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Advice restrictions if overseas – justified or out of sync?
Currently, brokers may struggle, or are simply unable, to give advice when overseas, as the FCA, some banks and networks require them…
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How Jeremy Hunt’s pensions tax bonanza will boost savers and retirees
Written by Tom Selby, head of retirement policy at AJ Bell After over a decade of persistent cuts to pension tax relief,…
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‘We’re by no means out of the woods yet’ says IFS’ Paul Johnson, as he comments on Spring Budget
Following Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget Statement yesterday and subsequent OBR report, Paul Johnson, Director at the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has…
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Schroders: Chancellor’s budget attempts to lift medium-term growth face challenges
The outlook for the UK remains challenging despite a raft of budget measures to boost growth, and positive short-term news from the…
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Three-quarters of advisers behind on their Consumer Duty implementation finds Copia Capital
A survey of advisers by Copia Capital Management (Copia) reveals that almost three-quarters of advice firms polled are either behind the curve…
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